GNU bug report logs - #39607
Make use of GRUB all_video module

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Package: guix;

Reported by: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2020 19:31:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #21 received at 39607-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>
To: 39607-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#39607: GRUB module all_video required to get video on 4K
 monitor
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2020 23:31:53 -0400

Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com> writes:

> Hello,
>
> Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I installed Guix System on a new machine, which displays on a 4K (3840 x
>> 2160 pixels) monitor.
>>
>> Unless I go to the GRUB command prompt with 'c' at boot and type 'insmod
>> all_video', the video cuts early after booting a GRUB entry with 'No
>> suitable video mode found', or similar.
>>
>> I think we should include this GRUB module in our default GRUB
>> package/configuration.
>>
>> Maxim
>
> I think the attached patches fixes this issue, and makes the
> GRUB configuration a bit simpler too!

Merge to master with commit 6794653e1b.  Closing!
This bug report was last modified 5 years and 67 days ago.

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